Westbank Louisiana News

There were 1,166 multiracial students enrolled in Jefferson Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Jefferson Parish welcomed 48,391 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 77 schools within the parish, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 83 students.

Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, according to a WalletHub analysis. The state was ranked 47th overall, based on factors such as class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.

School name	% of multiracial students enrollment	Number of multiracial Students	Total Enrollment
Jefferson Virtual High School	6.2%	7	112
Fisher Middle/High School	5.9%	27	459
Westbank Community School	5.5%	4	73
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy	5.4%	40	740
Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School	5.1%	20	392
Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies	4.9%	43	869
Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies	4.9%	26	526
Grand Isle High School	4.5%	4	88
Jcfa-East	3.8%	5	131
Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy	3.7%	32	865
Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy	3.7%	83	2,238
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies	3.6%	13	357
Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies	3.6%	15	416
Allen Ellender School	3.6%	26	731
Riverdale High School	3.5%	43	1,241
Harahan Elementary School	3.4%	14	414
Riverside Alternative High School	3.4%	1	29
Ruppel Academie Francaise	3.3%	10	303
Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School	3.2%	27	852
L. W. Higgins High School	3%	32	1,073
Rudolph Matas School	3%	18	600
McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School	3%	11	365
John Ehret High School	3%	55	1,822
Lucille Cherbonnier/Norbert Rillieux Elementary School	3%	16	531
Myrtle C. Thibodeaux Elementary School	2.9%	14	476
Henry Ford Middle School	2.8%	20	722
Ella Dolhonde Elementary School	2.7%	15	556
Laureate Academy Charter School	2.6%	13	504
Estelle Elementary School	2.6%	16	619
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies	2.5%	9	363
A. C. Alexander Elementary School	2.5%	14	552
Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish	2.5%	27	1,070
Young Audiences Charter High School	2.5%	14	569
Harry S. Truman Middle School	2.4%	18	755
Bridgedale Elementary School	2.4%	12	507
Chateau Estates Elementary School	2.4%	15	621
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School	2.3%	11	469
Jcfa	2.2%	2	90
West Jefferson High School	2.2%	33	1,513
East Jefferson High School	2.2%	29	1,317
Stella Worley Middle School	2.2%	7	315
Green Park Elementary School	2.2%	10	456
J. C. Ellis Elementary School	2.1%	12	578
L. H. Marrero Middle School	1.9%	13	695
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies	1.9%	7	361
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School	1.9%	13	689
William Hart Elementary School	1.8%	6	335
Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School	1.8%	7	400
G. T. Woods Elementary School	1.8%	6	332
Woodmere Elementary School	1.8%	12	663
George Cox Elementary School	1.7%	7	410
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School	1.6%	6	381
Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School	1.6%	36	2,272
Theodore Roosevelt Middle School	1.6%	10	615
Livaudais Middle School	1.5%	12	813
John Q. Adams Middle School	1.5%	11	721
Young Audiences Charter School	1.5%	16	1,042
Walter Schneckenburger Elementary School	1.5%	5	334
Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School	1.5%	7	479
Phoebe Hearst School	1.4%	8	591
Harold Keller Elementary School	1.4%	8	559
J. D. Meisler Middle School	1.4%	10	703
Bissonet Plaza Elementary School	1.4%	9	633
Jefferson Rise Charter School	1.4%	10	722
Paul J. Solis Elementary School	1.4%	10	721
Jefferson Elementary School	1.3%	8	624
Lincoln Elementary School for The Arts	1.3%	6	453
Marie B. Riviere Elementary School	1.3%	7	553
Woodland West Elementary School	1.3%	9	704
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School	1.3%	7	529
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School	1.2%	8	672
Alice Birney Elementary School	1.2%	7	574
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School	1.1%	6	537
T. H. Harris Middle School	1%	6	611
J. J. Audubon Elementary School	0.9%	5	588
John Martyn Community School	0.6%	1	178
Terrytown Elementary School	0.6%	4	618